Mechanics of nonlinear short-wave generation by a moored near-surface buoy

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 381, Issue , 1999, Pages 305-335

  Zhu, Q ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Tjavaras, A A ^a,b   Triantafyllou, M S ^a   Yue, D K P ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

CABLE BUOY DYNAMICS; CHAOTIC MOTIONS; MOORED NEAR SURFACE BUOY; NONLINEAR SHORT WAVE GENERATION; NONLINEAR WAVE INTERACTIONS; WAVE BODY INTERACTIONS;

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 0032654942     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003826     Document Type: Article

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